How Rick Ankiel's Balks Compares to Similar Players
Rick Ankiel totaled 2 career Balks, below the league average of 2.3 — production that kept him consistently ahead of most peers. Across 4 seasons, the Balks arc showed a promising start, with limited data making longer-term conclusions premature. With 4 seasons of data, the Balks arc was above league norms — too limited for reliable trend analysis. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Balks profile — ranging from 0 to 2 — though the career average remained above league norms.
Rick Ankiel Lifetime Balks
Stats similar to Balks for Rick Ankiel
| Rick Ankiel
Balks |
|---|
| Career | 2 |
| Season Avg. | 0.5 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 6.35 |
| More Info | See More |
Rick Ankiel Balks Per Season
Rick Ankiel's Balks for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — National League, Hall of Fame, CF, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Rick Ankiel Balks by Team
Rick Ankiel's career Balks totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Rick Ankiel Cumulative Balks — Career Progression
A running total of Rick Ankiel's career Balks, plotted season by season. Each point shows the cumulative figure through the end of that year, making it easy to see when he reached key milestones and how his pace changed over time.
Rick Ankiel Balks Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Rick Ankiel's seasonal Balks alongside a selected comparison group across all seasons he played. The box covers the middle 50% of seasons, the center line is the median, and the whiskers extend to the min and max. A tighter box means more consistency; a higher median means more output. Use the selector to switch comparison groups.
Rick Ankiel Balks — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Rick Ankiel's MLB career with Balks alongside league, Hall of Fame, positional, birth region, and country-of-birth averages for that year. Career totals include sum, average, min, max, and median.
Note: A dash (—) means no qualifying players existed in that comparison group for that season. Most commonly this happens for the Hall of Fame group.
